Mulholland v. DEC International Corp.

Two issues are raised in the plaintiffs’ *398appeal from the directed verdict in their product liability action. The first is whether the trial court erred by ruling that plaintiffs’ expert, Sidney Beale, was not qualified to give an expert opinion as to the cause of mastitis in the plaintiffs’ herd of dairy cows. The second issue is whether the plaintiffs’ proofs were sufficient to survive the motion for a directed verdict, with or without Beale’s testimony as to the cause of mastitis in the Mulholland herd. We have concluded that both questions must be answered in the affirmative and that this…